Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:20 pm
So, did a Zerg player win the GSL again? Where can I watch the replays?
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Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:22 pm
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:25 pm
GSL Spoiler/ response from the above topic:
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:23 am
Tooveli wrote:As an aside, I'm not sure if its disadvantageous to personify the units quite as much as I naturally seem to. I do it in go too. Stones always look lonely or happy or bored etc. In Sc2 small marine forces look eager and excited (especially when they stim) while large bio-balls look bored, regimented and thoughtless.
My units are disgusting little slime-balls. They deserve to die. Preferrably while taking lot's of enemies with them
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:50 pm
So I just finished a PvP ladder game. At the start I said my usual "gl hf", and my opponent goes "wow what a coincidence". I wasn't sure what he was talking about since I didn't recognize the name. About 15 seconds later, he says he's Araban from L19! I was so distracted by my delight I accidentally put my first Gateway down at 12 instead of my usual 13. Anyway, the game was a quickie, not very interesting, unfortunately. But I just thought I'd share. He said that's not even his only secret account. How many hundreds did you spend on copies of the game, anyway, Araban, yeesh! 
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:22 pm
May have been the first L19 ladder encounter 
. Interesting you mention the 12 instead of 13 gateway, I did it at 14 instead of 13. For those wondering what happened in the game, I overplayed a bit by trying to take a wide-open nat on Delta Quadrant pretty early for a 1-gate FE to 5-gate play. I thought I could get away with it due to our cross-positioning, but alas this was not the case and I lost to what I think was a 3-gate 1-robo play, pretty standard. PvT may be my worst matchup, but PvP truly feels like something I understand the least. If you're up for some practice games BillyBanana, you know two of my accounts now so PM me when I'm on either of those .
. Interesting you mention the 12 instead of 13 gateway, I did it at 14 instead of 13. For those wondering what happened in the game, I overplayed a bit by trying to take a wide-open nat on Delta Quadrant pretty early for a 1-gate FE to 5-gate play. I thought I could get away with it due to our cross-positioning, but alas this was not the case and I lost to what I think was a 3-gate 1-robo play, pretty standard. PvT may be my worst matchup, but PvP truly feels like something I understand the least. If you're up for some practice games BillyBanana, you know two of my accounts now so PM me when I'm on either of those .Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:27 am
MountainGo wrote:So I just finished a PvP ladder game. At the start I said my usual "gl hf", and my opponent goes "wow what a coincidence". I wasn't sure what he was talking about since I didn't recognize the name. About 15 seconds later, he says he's Araban from L19!
Hey, that's pretty cool. Maybe I'll run into someone... bronze... someday. Maybe I already have, and didn't notice!
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:23 pm
Chew Terr wrote:MountainGo wrote:So I just finished a PvP ladder game. At the start I said my usual "gl hf", and my opponent goes "wow what a coincidence". I wasn't sure what he was talking about since I didn't recognize the name. About 15 seconds later, he says he's Araban from L19!
Hey, that's pretty cool. Maybe I'll run into someone... bronze... someday. Maybe I already have, and didn't notice!
Hey Chewie, Just so you know, I play altogether too much, and I'm Daemondym. Hoping to make it into silver soon, but if you ever want a sparring partner, let me know, I'd be thrilled to play with you.
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:04 pm
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:43 pm
CSamurai wrote:Chew Terr wrote:MountainGo wrote:So I just finished a PvP ladder game. At the start I said my usual "gl hf", and my opponent goes "wow what a coincidence". I wasn't sure what he was talking about since I didn't recognize the name. About 15 seconds later, he says he's Araban from L19!
Hey, that's pretty cool. Maybe I'll run into someone... bronze... someday. Maybe I already have, and didn't notice!
Hey Chewie, Just so you know, I play altogether too much, and I'm Daemondym. Hoping to make it into silver soon, but if you ever want a sparring partner, let me know, I'd be thrilled to play with you.
Hey, cool. I'm not on all that often, but I'd love to get some games in. I'll add you to my list (Ought to add a lot of people from here), and say hi if I see you on.
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:54 pm
Cool, good luck and let us know how it goes!yoyoma wrote:Going to play in a LAN tomorrow, woo!
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Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:42 pm
LAN results: I lost in the first round, as expected. 
It was super exciting, my opponent commented between games his heart was racing and he needed a moment to calm down. I felt it too, it was just so fun to be competing in a live tournament!
I had a good chance -- the brackets seemed to be random, and I had one of the very few platinum vs platinum matches, almost all 64 players were diamond. Here are the replays and a short description:
Game 1 http://replayfu.com/r/LLT7bv on Xelnaga Caverns.
I went marine/marauder and an early expand. I got a great scan and saw his banshee build, so I was prepared and it did very little damage. I took the gold as my 3rd and then I decided to suicide my army a couple times (hehe), all the while assuming I was ahead because I had 3 bases including gold, but actually he had taken the non-gold 3rd, which I never bothered to scout
Game 2 http://replayfu.com/r/vW5S7h on Steppes of War
Similar start, me going marine/marauder and him going banshees, but this time I didn't scout it and it did more damage. Still I held it off and I had my 2nd up faster. I built some tanks this time and my first push almost killed his natural, but I was left with only marauders/tanks after the battle and he still had a banshee taking potshots as I retreated.
My macro really slipped so I made two CCs and a bunch of production buildings, but before they got up he brought a huge army and killed me.
It was super exciting, my opponent commented between games his heart was racing and he needed a moment to calm down. I felt it too, it was just so fun to be competing in a live tournament!I had a good chance -- the brackets seemed to be random, and I had one of the very few platinum vs platinum matches, almost all 64 players were diamond. Here are the replays and a short description:
Game 1 http://replayfu.com/r/LLT7bv on Xelnaga Caverns.
I went marine/marauder and an early expand. I got a great scan and saw his banshee build, so I was prepared and it did very little damage. I took the gold as my 3rd and then I decided to suicide my army a couple times (hehe), all the while assuming I was ahead because I had 3 bases including gold, but actually he had taken the non-gold 3rd, which I never bothered to scout
Game 2 http://replayfu.com/r/vW5S7h on Steppes of War
Similar start, me going marine/marauder and him going banshees, but this time I didn't scout it and it did more damage. Still I held it off and I had my 2nd up faster. I built some tanks this time and my first push almost killed his natural, but I was left with only marauders/tanks after the battle and he still had a banshee taking potshots as I retreated.
My macro really slipped so I made two CCs and a bunch of production buildings, but before they got up he brought a huge army and killed me.
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:58 am
I've never been to a go tournament where you can get knocked out. What was it like to suddenly have no more tournament games to play? What did you get up to for the rest of the day?
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:54 am
Tooveli wrote:I've never been to a go tournament where you can get knocked out. What was it like to suddenly have no more tournament games to play? What did you get up to for the rest of the day?
They casted games so I turned into a spectator. Also they had some consoles so people would play Street Fighter 4, some FPS games, etc etc. They held some game related trivia contests, interviewed ZpuX and EGStrifeCro (this was after round 1, turns out they ended up playing in the finals!).
Also there were a couple people I know from Go there, so we played a few games.
Some people played more impromptu SC2 games, I had someone show me how to play SOTUS, which I decided was very boring
Re: Starcraft II
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:11 pm
Tooveli wrote:I've never been to a go tournament where you can get knocked out. What was it like to suddenly have no more tournament games to play? What did you get up to for the rest of the day?
Hey we should hold our very own Swiss tournament! Like Tooveli mentioned most Go tournaments you don't get eliminated, so this would add our own flavor to the event. I could organize something on the NA server, say December 11 during US daytime. Anyone interested?